The largest model carrot in the world.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.

This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.

This charming stone church on the shore of Lake Tekapo is an icon in astrophotography.

This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Hundreds of bras, blowing in the wind.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

An unusual snaking bank of boulders caused by longshore drift.

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

A fragment of one of history’s most famous walls stands as a reminder of unity in a culturally divided city.